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Patented ec, 3G, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL S. HAMERSLEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE HAMERSLEY MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF 'NEVI YORK, N.

. CORPGRATION OF NEW JERSEY.

PACKAGE.

Application led April 8,

To all il; hom t may concern Be it known that I, CARL S. I-IAMnnsLnif, a citizen of the United States,-residing at N ew York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Packages, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in packages for supplying materials such as waxed paper for example in an inex pensive sanitary and convenient form whereby contamination of the material will be in a great measure avoided and whereby the supply of the paper or other material will be conserved.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an improved package from which the paper or other materia-l forming a part thereof may be easily removed as required and only as much material as may be required at the moment need be removed.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an improved receptacle for the paper or other material whereby the supply of paper may be easily replenished from time to time.

Hereinafter in order that my invention may be clearly understood I will describe the same in connection with waxed paper, but it is to be understood that this use is .merely illustrative and not in any sense definitive.

In carrying out the invention I preferably supply the waxed paper in roll form which I insert in a container or receptacle of sui-table dimensions for the purpose but preferably of such a length that the ends of the roll of paper or the tube on which it is rolled will engage the ends of the inside of the container. The box or container may be made of pasteboard for example or other inexpensive material but preferably of a material which is more or less flexible for a purpose to be hereinafter pointed out. Passing from end to end of the box is a cord or wire, which is passed through the tube on which the paper is rolled or if no tube be employed through the center of the roll and longi tudinally thereof. One end of this cord or wire is preferably secured to one end of the box the other end of the cord passing through the other end of the box and projecting therefrom for some distance.

1922. Serial No. 550,855.

For convenience this end of the cord which I will refer to as the free end is provided with a small weight. In order that the paper may be kept clean and sanitary I provide a cover for the box.

In use the free end of the cutting or tearing cord is brought back over the roll of paper, the box cover having first been removed. The free edge of the paper is then drawn over the top of the cord and as much paper as desired drawn out of the box. By holding the free edge of the paper down with one hand the operator by grasping the free end of the cord and raising the same will draw the cord through the paper to sever a strip therefrom. In drawing the cord through the paper the cord is preferably placed under suicient tension to flex the ends of the box against the ends of the paper roll which eEectually prevents turning of the roll in the box during the cutting or severing operation. lhen the supply of paper becomes exhausted it is merely necessary to pull the free end of the cord through the end of t-he box and thread a new roll on the cord.

It is to be understood of course that this invention is not to be limited to the use of waxed paper nor necessarily to the use of paper in a roll form.

It is to be understood also that if desired the cutting or severing cord may extend the length of the box but once provided the roll of paper fits the box snuglyA enough. to prevent turning. In that case I would fasten one end of the cord tothe end of the box, and bring the free end back to the other end and proceed to sever a strip of paper as before.

In the accompanying drawing I have illustrated my invention in the form of a roll of waxed paper enclosed in a box, Figure l, showing the apparatus in perspeo tive and Figure 2 being a longitudinal section through the box and the roll of paper.

Referring to the drawings in detail l designates a box which may be of paste board for example. the walls 2 and 3 of the body portion thereof being preferably flexible for a purpose to be hereinafter pointed out. Secured to the wall 2 in any suitable manner is a cutting or severing cord 4. This cord as will be seen from an inspection of Figure 2 passing longitudinally of the box and extends through the wall 3 a distance equal substantiallyto the length of the box. As will be seen from Figure 2 the cord .4 is bent ba'cl'; upon itself, its free end being provided with a weight 5. The Vpaper designated 6 here illustrated is in the form of a roll mounted on the usual. tube 7 the roll of paper on the tube being substantially the length of the interior of the box lv. The lcord 4 in passing from one wall f to the other of the box isr passed through the tube 7 on which the paper is mounted to prevent accidental removal of the rollof paper from the box. The oord 4 in passing through the wall r3 passes through' an opening 8 this `opening 'y being large enough preferably to permit of pas sage therethrough of the weight 5 heretofore referred to. I provide thisco'nstruotionllin order that when thesupply of paper in ythe box is exhausted theV cord 4 may be pulled through the yopening 8, the-empty tube 7 removed and a new roll of paper threaded on the cord 4. Y

In order that the contents ofthe box may Y be kept' clean I provide `box cover 9 shown in place on the'box in Figure 2..

l Vhenit is desired/to cut or sever a section of the paper from the roll it is merely necessaryto remove the box cover 9 and then yto grasp the edge lOof the paper, Withdrawing the desired aniountof paper from the box, it being understood vthat in withdraw ing thepaper it is drawn over the top of lthe cord 4. By placing the hand upon the Withdrawn section of the n paper asV indicatedA in dotted 'lines in Figure land by grasping" the free end of the cord 4 in the other hand and raising` the free end of the cord as indicated in Figure 1, the desiredv amount .of paper is Severed or cut from the roll. The walls 2 and 3 of the box being flexible as above noted, they will be forcedV into 'frictional engagement with the ends of the rollL Vof Vmaterial within the box lc luring the Acutting operation thereby frictionally holding` the roll against rotation during this Y operation'. o l l If desired the cord 4 may be fastened to the wall 3 of the box insteadef ,toi the Wall 2 in whichV event it Will. not pass through thetubep aty all. lI prefer, however, the construction lillustrated in the drawings in that asfpointed 'out above by passing the cord through the tube .7l accidental removal of the roll of paper or other material. from the box is eftectually prevented.

It will be seen from the. foregoing that I have provided a device whereby paper and -other material may be supplied inan inexpensive, sanitary and convenient forni and whereby the supply of paper or other material will be conserved. It Will be seen also thatby passing the cord through the roll of paper and by securing one end of the cord to one wall of the boxer container, not only is the roll held in the box but roV tation of the roll during' the cutting operation is prevented. Y Y l lhat l claim is: 'p

l. In a device of the character described, the combination of a container, a roll of paper therein, a cord fastened to one end of the container and extending through the paper roll longitudinally thereof and b eyond the other end of the container a distance substantially not less than the length 'I of the paper roll.r K

2. In 'a dcvicefof the character described, the combination of a container, a cord at! tached to one end thereof, the other end'of the container being provided with an op'en- Y ing through which the free end ofthe Acord is passed, a weight carried by the free end of the cord,'sa1d cord extending` beyond the end of the container a distance substan-k paper roll longitudinally thereof and to and through` the other endV of l the Y container, the cord extending beyond the end ofthe the length of the paper roll.. Y*

Y 4. Ina device of lthe character described,`v

the combination of a box,a roll of paper in' j said box, a cord securedy to one wall of the box and extending through the roll oflpaper Y longitudinally thereof and through the op posi'te walhene of said walls beingflexiblc whereby when the cord lis reversely bent for. the cutting or severing operation the ends of the paper roll will be' engagedY by op-` A.

posite walls off the box and* held against rotation. during the cuttingv operation. y v Y -V v c Thislspecification signed this 6th daylof April, 1922. l Y. l p p :,o

` CARLS. HAMERSLEY.

or severing Y 1 container a distance substantially equal toY 

